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KDE 4.1 Beta 2 Released

06-24-2008, 09:20 AM

Phoronix: KDE 4.1 Beta 2 Released

KDE 4.1.0 is due for release in July and in preparation of this first major update on the KDE4 code-base there was the release of KDE 4.1 Beta 1 last month. With about a month before the final release, the KDE community has today come together and released KDE 4.1 Beta 2...

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Release schedule
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Though the number of release critical bugs concerns us, we are pleased
by the overall state of lenny. Most big software packages have been
updated to the major version that will be shipped in lenny, so we will
be able to concentrate on polishing in the following months:

Early of June 2008
Freeze of the non-essential toolchain
The "non-essential toolchain" means things like debhelper, cdbs
and a big chunk of other things usually needed to produce binary
packages.

End of June 2008
Freeze of all library packages
This will affect all packages that produce library packages used
by other packaged software. Packages without r-deps won't be
frozen at this point.

Mid of July 2008
Full freeze
Please don't wait with uploads for the last day before the freeze,
thanks.

September 2008
Release lenny!

Please note that we haven't decided yet on the inclusion of KDE4.1 in lenny, but plan to do so in the near future.

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They have decided not to include KDE4 in Lenny though. The reason basically being KDE 4 in it's current state just isn't stable/mature enough to merit inclusion in a Debian stable release. The operative word there being stable.